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Lecture Series:
​Decolonizing the History and Future of Knowledge ​

What if our narratives of scientific history need revision?
​What if knowledge did not begin where we think it did?
​What would the future of science and technology look like if we reexamined who created them?

UPCOMING LECTURE

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

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On February 22, 2022, Ngũgĩ
wa Thiong'o will deliver the inaugural Black History Month lecture as part of the QBL's "Decolonizing the History and Future of Knowledge" series. Prof. Ngũgĩ's lecture will be followed by a discussion featuring panelists Ruha Benjamin, Dag Herbjørnsrud, and Philip Kurian. Please contact us for information on how to register.

PAST LECTURES

Ruha Benjamin

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On January 17th, 2022, Ruha Benjamin delivered the inaugural MLK Jr. Day lecture as part of the QBL's "Decolonizing the History and Future of Knowledge" series, giving a multimedia portrayal of how artificial intelligences and big data-informed realities are shaped by structural racism. 

Dag Herbjørnsrud

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 On December 7th, 2021, Dag Herbjørnsrud kicked off the QBL's "Decolonizing the History and Future of Knowledge" lecture series, highlighting how the distortions in our maps, our mathematical histories, and our models of reality must be rebalanced.